Love Is the Great Rebellion explained

Love Is the Great Rebellion
Type:studio
Artist:Ben Lee
Cover:Ben Lee - Love Is the Great Rebellion.png
Released:29 May 2015
Genre:Pop
Length:53:16
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Ben Lee
Prev Year:2013
Next Title:Freedom, Love and The Recuperation of the Human Mind
Next Year:2016

Love Is the Great Rebellion is the tenth studio album by Australian singer Ben Lee. The recording was released in Australia in May 2015 and the rest of the world in June 2015. The album was distributed by Warner Music and was Lee's first release with Warner. Love Is the Great Rebellion marked a return to the pop sound of Ben Lee's previous work such as Awake Is the New Sleep and Ripe and was a change of direction from his previous release .

Production

In an interview with The Guardian to promote Love Is the Great Rebellion Lee discussed this move from his more recent work.

"I thought it was going to be a natural progression from the Ayahuasca album," he said. "I thought it was going to be something very obtuse and abstract and meditative but suddenly these pop songs started coming out. [...] And as I started exploring, I realised I still feel some degree of unfinished business with what the pop song can do, creatively. I don't feel entirely tapped out of the medium."[1]

Critical reception

Love Is the Great Rebellion received generally positive reviews. Lee Zimmerman of PopMatters praised the album's cohesiveness, stating "...it holds together remarkably well as a unified, complete concept, a series of songs conveying like a zen-like mantra and philosophical thoughts on life, love, God and related subjects of similar consequence."[2] Danelle Cloutier of Exclaim! recommended the album and also commended Lee's ability to explore deeper philosophical themes through pop music.[3] Dan F. Stapleton of Rolling Stone Australia described listening to the album as pleasant but lamented that it lacked "grit".[4] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the record a more mediocre review, stating that it is "...the kind of album that can double as motivation or pleasing background music for the office."[5]

Track listing

  1. "Giving Up on Miracles" – 4:38
  2. "Goodbye to Yesterday" – 4:14
  3. "Forgiveness" – 3:25
  4. "Big Love" – 3:12
  5. "Happiness" – 3:13
  6. "I'm Changing My Mind" – 5:07
  7. "The Body of Love" – 4:29
  8. "Everybody Dies" – 3:53
  9. "Everything Is Ok" – 3:57
  10. "Victory" – 3:11
  11. "The Universe Inside" – 4:47
  12. "Don't Let the Fire Die" – 5:03
  13. "God Is a Fire" – 4:07

Credits

The album was written by Ben Lee and produced by Brad Wood. Sally Seltmann and Jessica Chapnik Kahn also contributed as composers.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Clem Bastow . Ben Lee: I still have unfinished business with the pop song | Music . . 2016-07-28.
  2. Web site: Ben Lee: Love Is the Great Rebellion . PopMatters.com . 2016-07-28.
  3. Web site: Cloutier . Danelle . Ben Lee Love is the Great Rebellion . Exclaim.ca . 2015-05-29 . 2016-07-28.
  4. Web site: Rolling Stone Australia — Album Review: Ben Lee - Love is the Great Rebellion . Rollingstoneaus.com . 2015-06-01 . 2016-07-28.
  5. Web site: Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Love Is the Great Rebellion - Ben Lee | Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 2015-06-02 . 2016-07-28.
  6. Web site: Love Is the Great Rebellion - Ben Lee | Credits . . 2015-06-02 . 2016-07-28.

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